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ELEMENTARY LESSON PLAN

 

Submitted by Lori Evans Cumberland County Schools

Lesson Title:
Vocal Awareness

Grade Level or Course:
Kindergarten and First Grade

Time Allotment:
3 - 45-minute sessions (including assessment time)

Targeted Goals and Objectives from the 2000 North Carolina Arts Education Standard Course
of Study and Grade Level Competencies, K-12:

COMPETENCY GOAL 1: The learner will sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

  • 1.01 Recognize and demonstrate the difference between peaking and singing.
  • 1.02 Match pitch within a developmentally appropriate range.
  • 1.03 Sing with correct posture.
  • 1.06 Show respect for the singing efforts of others.

Lesson Objective(s):

The students will develop the ability to effectively control their voice when singing and speaking while using clear enunciation.
Differentiate between and demonstrate pitches that upward and downward.
Match pitch within the context of a song.

Materials/Equipment Needed:

Stereo system with a microphone, jar of bubbles with a wand, selected tongue twisters (I type my own on sheets of paper), 1 or 2 echo-type songs, 1 or 2 songs that use various voice types to perform (singing vs. speaking), picture cards for songs as needed.

 

Lesson Procedure:

Lesson 1 (40 minutes)

  • Explain that the voice can be used in many ways.
  • Discuss possibilities: singing, speaking, whispering, yelling, scary sounds, etc.
  • Experiment with each type of voice.
  • Use bubbles as a means of focusing the students' attention. Have students laugh as a single bubble falls. They must stop when it pops (this is harder than it sounds) Have students make a "whoo" sound that descends as the bubble falls. (Like going down a slide)
  • Practice vocalizing upward.
  • Sing Bathtime from Silver Burdett-Ginn's The Music Connection, grade K (or other song using various voice types)
  • Identify rhyming words and voice types used.
  • Work for improved pitch accuracy.

Lessons 2 (40 minutes)

  • Review last week using bubbles .
  • Re-emphasize various ways to use the voice.
  • Review Bathtime
  • Sing Peanut Butter and Jelly from Macmillan's Music and You, grade 1 .
  • Point out different voices used?sing, whisper, speaking.
  • Add dramatic movements to the lyrics.
  • Introduce tongue twisters .
  • Discuss the need for clear enunciation.
  • Send the papers home for reinforcement

Lesson 3 (40 minutes)

  • Review as appropriate.
  • Try tongue twisters as a class.
  • Let students recite twisters on a mic (assess).
  • Sing call and response type songs for the assessment, letting students sing solo. Going on a Picnic, The Music Connection, grade K) Printing out pictures of picnic items for the students to hold helps them remember their part.
  • Review Peanut Butter & Jelly (or similar song) for assessment of various voice usages .

Assessment:

The teacher will assess the students while they perform using the rubric created by the teacher. (See Assessment Item that Aligns with this Lesson Plan)

 

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